In all fairness, I reluctantly ordered these fold down 3-point forks to move pallets of lumber and set average logs on the mill. Loader forks were out of my price range at this time.
I never intended to use them for extreme lifting, but of course, that's what I needed when they arrived, (two packages, a week apart)
Coming off a two week bad spell with a tweaked back, I needed to get a large log onto the mill. Advertising listed them at 2200 lb rated. I put them on the tractor (1986 Ford 38HP) and set them down next to this particular log, then rolled the log onto the forks and shortened the top link to keep it in place.When I lifted the 3-pt the tractor grunted some but it lifted, so I backed up to the mill and set it on the rails... Done, every body can relax again.
Turns out the my Log Weight Pro app says that log weighed 2780 lbs! [25" x 13' 8" Eastern Hemlock... look it up]
I DO NOT recommend anyone else over load any equipment, and had I looked up the weight beforehand I would not have challenged fate.
No cracks, bends, or any signs of my abuse so this one gets 5 stars.
Sidenote: I will be adding 6" chain locks to keep them upright when not in use. [Danger]
I'll be recoating them with a quality bed liner in spring.
But nobody will cut the parts out (so you can weld them) for the price. Fold up forks, carry-all, round bales, slabs, log loader on a ground level sawmill.
Joseph Andrew Davis 
